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Health Issues

My Top Surgery Was Complicated. I Don’t Regret It

We rarely hear about how healing can be an iterative and potentially complicated process.

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Issues Travel

The Travel Issue: Letter From The Editor

These are stories of risk and growth, building connections and realizing when they’re ending — all the places we think are worth moving toward and the things worth returning to.

Riese August 1, 2019 6 Comments
Issues Parenting & Family

My Diné Child Will Hunt, Bead and Everything in Between

“You girls are the talk of the ice-fishing derby!” I get that a lot. When we’re out hunting or fishing, my wife and I are frequently the only women (much less queer women) present.

Nellis May 13, 2019 9 Comments
Issues Queer Pregnancy

Ultimate ’90s MRI: A Fertility Playlist

“Musicals? Too weird. My favorite indie band? Too pretentious. Tegan and Sara? Too gay. C’mon, Jennifer, get it together!”

Jennifer B. March 15, 2019 8 Comments
Issues Parenting & Family

A Tale of Two Mommies (Or Who Wore the Maternity Pants?)

“She would have loved to carry our child. Would have met the body changes with joy. That she was physically barred from being pregnant did not make the situation easier. She hid it well. But now I understood why she looked forward to the birth with such clear-eyed intensity.”

Christina March 12, 2019 21 Comments
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Binding 101: Brands, Care Tips, and Health

Whether you are considering binding for yourself, have been binding for years but want to learn more about binder brands and health, or want to prepare to support your friends and loved ones, you’ve come to the right place.

Qwear April 3, 2014 78 Comments
Gender Health Issues

It’s Not Okay: Intimate Partner Violence in Radical Queer Spaces

“She acts like she’s such a victim when obviously there was abuse on both sides.” Awkwardly, I shrug my shoulders and look around the room. My partner doesn’t notice how uncomfortable she’s making me because she’s caught up in her own conjectures: “It’s like how we are sometimes.”

Emma May 8, 2013 24 Comments
Issues Queer Pregnancy

Freezing My Assets: On Transitioning and Wanting To Be A Mom One Day Too

“He was about to break the news that I would never have a child of my own, and nothing else had ever made it so clear that I wanted one. I really, really wanted one.”

Rhiannon Catherwood April 24, 2013 65 Comments
Issues Travel

On Camp: Not Burning Your Skin, A Kit and Lifestyle Guide

The last thing I want when facing 200 other lesbians in the sun-filled woods is to look like I was cooked to rare and then set free at the Jersey Shore.

Carmen April 16, 2012 51 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Manhattan is The New Manhattan

Manhattan is a very good place to be a girl who likes girls.

Anita Dolce Vita April 10, 2012 77 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Boston, MA

From “Boston Marriages” to Second Saturdays at Machine, the Boston area has always been kind to the Sapphicly inclined.

Lizz April 7, 2012 138 Comments
Issues Travel

A Love Letter To Savannah’s Past, Present and Future

Cities wanna be her.

fonseca April 6, 2012 38 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque: hard to pronounce, impossible to spell, easy to love.

Anita Dolce Vita March 27, 2012 59 Comments
Issues Travel

Here/Queer: Four Women – A Lyrical, Lustful Tour of Oxford

Meet four trusty, lusty ladies to guide you through Oxford!

Sybil March 25, 2012 36 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe through the eyes of a recent transplant.

Sam March 24, 2012 30 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Columbus, Ohio

Ohio’s capital city (and the third largest city in the Midwest) has everything you’d ever need, including the world’s best ice cream, one of the country’s largest universities, and a hoppin’ LGBTQ scene.

Dominique March 21, 2012 100 Comments
Issues Travel

Here/Queer: Boogie Down Bronx Edition

Here’s a DIY guide to enjoying a queerified Bronx.

gabby March 20, 2012 26 Comments
Issues Travel

Here/Queer: Things We Wrote That You Loved

Let’s take a trip back in time to Bali, Michigan, Nigeria, New Orleans, New York and many other fine fine locales.

Riese March 19, 2012 4 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

If you can handle the rain, you’ll be handsomely rewarded by my beloved hometown of Vancouver, one of the gay-friendliest cities in Canada!

Chelle March 19, 2012 90 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Dublin, Ireland

It’s a little village, but it’s got a whole lot of gay per square kilometer.

Una March 16, 2012 32 Comments
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